Faces

April 12, 1990

FACES

* Shaunte Bryant, a seventh-grader at Gildersleeve Middle School and daughter of Anthony and Diana Bryant of Newport News, is now in her second year of studying the violin. She is the concert mistress at Gildersleeve stuyding under Carol Griffin, orchestra teacher at the school.

The Gildersleeve Orchestra recently participated in the District VIII Festival where it received a superior rating.

Shaunte has participated in many concerts this year, including the Gildersleeve dedication and winter concerts. She is now preparing for a solo and ensemble to be held on April 28. She also plans to audition for the Summer Institute of the Arts that is held at Christopher Newport College.

Shaunte is the granddaughter of Thomas and Audry Bryant of Hampton and Bernice Manly of Newport News.

* The annual juried art exhibition for Peninsula high school students, Prefaces, which is sponsored by the Daily Press and The Times-Herald, will be on view at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center until April 15.

Jurors for this year's competition were Michelle Tillander, a photographer and art instructor at Norfolk State University, and Williamsburg artist and illustrator Paul Michael Stevens.

Awards for the winning exhibits were as follows: first place, $200; second place, $150; third place, $100; and honorable mention, $50.